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Up bright and early, to set off with @jamiembrixton on a tour of pre-Norman Conquest Kent! #PreConquestKent 
Huge excitement as we arrive at the first stop on our tour of #PreConquestKent: a Romano-British temple found during the building of a housing estate in Newington, just off Watling Street.
@jamiembrixton engages in some top archaeological research, scoping out the very site.
@jamiembrixton engages in some top archaeological research, scoping out the very site.
The remains of the temple were moved 70 metres to a neighbouring recreation area. It dates to the 1st century, & stood in what seems basically to have been a huge industrial zone, producing iron & pottery. Although massively developed under the Romans, it was originally Iron Age.
Announcing the advent of my #wallporn Advent Calendar!
Each day a window-shaped chunk of the festive garden scene fresco from Livia’s Villa will be opened to reveal the underlying majestic glory that is Roman wall construction.
What could be more exciting? #OpusCalendarium
Each day a window-shaped chunk of the festive garden scene fresco from Livia’s Villa will be opened to reveal the underlying majestic glory that is Roman wall construction.
What could be more exciting? #OpusCalendarium
Dec 1st
Starting with a pretty example of a building technique from #Pompeii known as ‘opus mixtum’. Here, a combination of courses of brickwork—‘latericium’— sandwich a layer of diamond-shaped blocks known as ‘reticulatum’ from the Latin ‘rete’ meaning ‘net’. #OpusCalendarium
Starting with a pretty example of a building technique from #Pompeii known as ‘opus mixtum’. Here, a combination of courses of brickwork—‘latericium’— sandwich a layer of diamond-shaped blocks known as ‘reticulatum’ from the Latin ‘rete’ meaning ‘net’. #OpusCalendarium
Dec 2nd
The unmistakable elegance of Opus Africanum. Formed of chains of alternating vertical and horizontal ashlar blocks framing an infill of smaller stones, this building technique was common in North Africa but is also known from 7th century BC Etruria.
#OpusCalendarium
The unmistakable elegance of Opus Africanum. Formed of chains of alternating vertical and horizontal ashlar blocks framing an infill of smaller stones, this building technique was common in North Africa but is also known from 7th century BC Etruria.
#OpusCalendarium
Wellcome to our virtual walk from Ambleside to Howtown on Lake Ullswater. I’ve based the route on #HadriansHighWay by @fellranger1 which he uses a variant to the main route. Books can be bought direct or through @VindolandaTrust
A view of #Ambleside from Wansfell our starting point in the heart of the #LakeDistrict @CumbriaMagazine
We can start at the roman fort at the edge of #Windermere. The Romans stated to push into the lakes in the early 90’s AD, this fort dates to the rebuild in Hadrian’s Reign possibly after warfare which brought about #HadriansWall #Ambleside
